Closings

Severe Weather

Rep. Dumaine not rethinking 5th place finish behind Tremblay

By James Pindell, WMUR.com Political Reporter

Published On: May 03 2013 01:31:22 PM EDT

AUBURN, N.H. -

New Hampshire Republicans and Democrats alike have called on state Rep. Stella Tremblay, R-Auburn, to resign after what they described as "disgusting" comments when she suggested the Boston Marathon Bombing could be perpetrated by the U.S. government.

When Tremblay called into the Boston sports talk radio station WEEI Friday morning, she was asked off the top, "Are you insane?"

It has been a rough few weeks for Tremblay, for sure, but how do you think Dan Dumaine feels?

There are five state representatives for Auburn, Chester and Sandown. Since all five are Republicans, you can't blame the two Democrats for losing their seats last November -- it's a heavily Republican district. But however ostracized Tremblay is today, she finished fourth out of the five winning spots in last year's elections. Dumaine won his seat by finishing fifth, behind Tremblay.

"I don't feel badly about it now," Dumaine said. "It doesn’t hurt my feelings as long as it was a Republican beating me and not a Democrat."

Still, what does it say that voters had more confidence in her than they did him?

Dumaine attributes his fifth place finish to the fact that the district changed since he last served in the House. He served five terms when the district was Auburn and Londonderry. He unsuccessfully ran for Rockingham County sheriff in 2010. When he ran this year, he ran in Chester and Sandown for the first time.

"Folks there didn't really know me," Dumaine said.

Dumaine said that despite the fact he lives in the same small town as Tremblay and is a fellow Republican member of the House with her, he didn't see or read about her comments on the Boston Marathon bombings. He said he was aware she was in the news lately, but wasn't sure exactly why.

When told what she said, Dumaine said he didn't agree with the comments.

"I don't agree with her, but I don't agree with a lot of people," Dumaine said. "I don't often agree with my party leadership. I am a right-wing conservative, but I am not a right-wing conspiracy conservative."

Copyright 2013 by WMUR.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Comments

The views expressed are not those of this site, this station or its affiliated companies. By posting your comments you agree to accept our terms of use.